A friend has been singing the praises of Colm Toibin to me for quite some time. It was only when he physically handed me a…
There can’t be many more beautiful places to have a literary festival than Kew Gardens on a bright Autumn weekend. This was the first Write on…
Today is National Poetry Day, which seems as good a day as any to revive ‘Poetically Speaking’. A feature which has been absent from these…
I picked up this attractive book in a recent visit to a second hand bookshop. Other than being aware of the author’s name I confess complete…
With a trip to Cuba on the horizon I must admit to a vested interest in Ernest Hemingway at the moment. Despite this, I have…
This weeks book review is not the usual novel but a book I received last Christmas and have been dipping in and out of ever…
Oh Persephone, how I love you. Your stylish dove grey covers, your vintage co-ordinating book marks and your wonderful collection of reading gems. The Village was…
Probably for very ridiculous reasons I had never read any JoJo Moyes novels until about 18 months ago when I was introduced to Moyes novel ‘Me Before You’…
